Battle of Salamanca

When

22 Jul 1812

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

40.89° N, 5.62° W

Description

1812 battle during the Peninsular War

1812 battle of the Peninsular War

The Battle of Salamanca took place on 22 July 1812. An Anglo-Portuguese army under the Earl of Wellington defeated Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces at Arapiles, south of Salamanca, Spain, during the Peninsular War. A Spanish division was also present but took no part in the battle.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Peninsular War – Battle of Salamanca: British forces led by the Earl of Wellington defeat French troops near Salamanca, Spain”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht von Salamanca verlieren im Zuge der Napoleonischen Kriege auf der Iberischen Halbinsel die französischen Truppen unter General Marmont gegenüber…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “défaite de Marmont contre Wellington à la bataille des Arapiles (Salamanque)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Salamanca —en el marco de la Guerra de la Independencia Española—, los españoles vencen a los invasores franceses en la Batalla de los Arapiles”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “スペイン独立戦争（半島戦争）：サラマンカの戦い。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

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